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Selective Hydrogenation of an Acetylene Process: An Example of Modeling an Industrial Reactor Process
Author(s) -
Szukiewicz M.,
Petrus R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4125(199912)22:12<1059::aid-ceat1059>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - acetylene , ethylene , cracking , process (computing) , hydrocarbon , catalysis , process engineering , reduction (mathematics) , chemical engineering , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , engineering , mathematics , geometry , operating system
Acetylene obtained from the hydrocarbon mixture in cracking plants is hydrogenated to form ethylene; however, losses of ethylene in further reactions is not economical. The reduction of these losses and improved catalyst performance are presented by the authors, who illustrate the modeling and simulation of selective hydrogenation of acetylene as convenient methods for analyzing, optimizing operating conditions or even designing processes.